Syed Hussein Alatas and Critical Social Theory: Decolonizing the Captive Mind

Author:   Dustin J Byrd ,  Seyed Javad Miri
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Pages:   492
Publication Date:   17 November 2023
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Author:   Dustin J Byrd ,  Seyed Javad Miri
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
ISBN:  

9798888900185


Pages:   492
Publication Date:   17 November 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction Dustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri Part 1 Alatas’ Work and Legacy 1 Developing a School of Autonomous Knowledge Thoughts of the Late Syed Hussein Alatas   Syed Imad Alatas 2 The Midlife of an Idea Syed Hussein Alatas’ Captive Mind after Fifty Years   Masturah Alatas Part 2 Theorizing the Captive Mind 3 Alatas on Colonial and Autonomous Knowledge   Syed Farid Alatas 4 The Psychological Dynamics of Mental Captivity Subsequent Conceptual Developments   Dustin J. Byrd 5 The Cartography of Reception of ‘The Captive Mind’ in Iran   Esmaeil Zeiny 6 “The Captive Mind” and Social Sciences in Southeast Asia Syed Hussein Alatas   Mona Abaza 7 The Captive Mind Syndrome in Indian Sociology   N. Jayaram 8 Psychological Feudalism Malay Political Culture and Responses towards Modernization   Norshahril Saat 9 “Irrational” Beliefs in a “Rational” World Religion and Modernization   Hira Amin Part 3 Mythologizing and Demythologizing the Native 10 Demythologizing Dominant Discourses Syed Hussein Alatas’ The Myth of the Lazy Native and the Discourse on Malay Cultural Values and Underdevelopment   Zawawi Ibrahim 11 Syed Hussein Alatas Colonialism and Modernity   Joseph Alagha and Mostafa Soueid 12 The Invention of “Islam” How (Lazy) Historians and Social Scientists Created a Fantasy   Carimo Mohomed Part 4 Alatas and the Socio-political 13 Syed Hussein Alatas and the Question of Intellectuals   Seyed Javad Miri 14 West-Centric Geopolitical Discourse Situating Syed Hussein Alatas in International Relations   Sharifah Munirah Alatas 15 Alatas Pioneer in the Study of, and the Struggle against, Corruption   Chandra Muzaffar 16 Syed Hussein Alatas and the Question of Political Thought   Teo Lee Ken 17 Contributions of Syed Hussein Alatas towards Global Sociology   Habibul Haque Khondker 18 East-West Interactions and Complexities Syed Hussein Alatas, Willem Wertheim and Edward Said   Victor T. King 19 Hidden Connections Syed Hussein Alatas and Latin American Sociology   João Marcelo E. Maia Index

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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. (2017), Michigan State University, is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Olivet College. He is the Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory, and the Editor-in-Chief of Ekpyrosis Press. He has published numerous monographs, edited volumes, and articles on Islam, Critical Theory, and Political Philosophy. His latest books include: The Frankfurt School and the Dialectics of Religion: Translating Critical Faith into Critical Theory (Ekpyrosis Press, 2020), The Critique of Religion and Religion’s Critique: On Dialectical Religiology (Brill, 2020), and Frantz Fanon and Emancipatory Social Theory: A View from the Wretched (Brill, 2020).   Seyed Javad Miri, Ph.D. (2002), Bristol University, is Professor of Sociology and History of Religions at that Institute. He has published more than 61 books and 100+ articles on various issues related to Philosophy, Religion, and Sociology. He is a specialist in Islamic Social Theory, Inter-civilizational Discourse, and Contemporary Islamic Thought. He is also the founder of the journal Islamic Perspective, and serves as the co-director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory.

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